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Bagian: Nabi Elia mengecam Raja Ahazia

1 Sesudah Ahab meninggal, kerajaan Moab memberontak terhadap Israel. 2 Suatu hari Raja Ahazia terjatuh melalui teralis jendela kayu di kamar atasnya di Samaria. Dia terluka parah. Lalu Ahazia mengirim beberapa utusan dengan perintah, “Pergilah ke kota Ekron untuk meminta petunjuk dari Baal Zebub, dewa bangsa Filistin. Tanyakan apakah saya akan sembuh.” 3 Tetapi seorang malaikat berkata kepada Nabi Elia, orang Tisbe itu, “Berangkatlah menemui para utusan raja Samaria dan katakan kepada mereka, ‘Pikirmu di Israel ini tidak ada Allah, sampai-sampai kalian pergi ke Ekron mencari petunjuk dari Baal Zebub, dewa orang Filistin! 4 Karena itu, sampaikanlah kepada Ahazia pesan TUHAN ini: Kamu tidak akan bangun lagi dari tempat tidurmu, karena kamu pasti mati!’” Sesudah itu Elia pergi. 5 Ketika para utusan itu kembali kepada Ahazia, dia bertanya, “Mengapa kalian begitu cepat kembali?” 6 Jawab mereka, “Seorang laki-laki datang menemui kami dan berkata, ‘Kembalilah kepada raja yang mengutus kalian dan sampaikan kepadanya pesan TUHAN ini: Pikirmu di Israel tidak ada Allah, sampai-sampai kalian pergi ke Ekron mencari petunjuk dari Baal Zebub, dewa orang Filistin! Karena itu, kamu tidak akan bangun dari tempat tidurmu. Kamu pasti mati.’” 7 Lalu raja bertanya, “Seperti apa penampilan orang itu?” 8 Jawab mereka, “Dia memakai baju dari bulu binatang dan memakai ikat pinggang kulit.”
Maka kata raja, “Itu Elia, orang Tisbe!” 9 Lalu Ahazia mengirim seorang perwira bersama lima puluh tentaranya untuk menangkap Elia. Mereka menjumpai dia sedang duduk di puncak bukit. Perwira itu berseru kepada Elia, “Hai nabi Allah, turun dari sana! Ini perintah raja!” 10 Jawab Elia kepada perwira itu, “Karena saya memang nabi Allah, api akan turun dari langit dan membakarmu beserta kelima puluh tentaramu!” Tiba-tiba turunlah api dari langit menghanguskan perwira itu beserta para prajuritnya. 11 Ahazia mengirim lagi seorang perwira lain beserta lima puluh prajuritnya. Dia pergi dan berkata kepada Elia, “Hai nabi Allah, turun sekarang juga! Ini perintah raja!” 12 Elia menjawab mereka, “Karena saya memang nabi Allah, api akan turun dari langit dan membakarmu beserta kelima puluh prajuritmu!” Mendadak api dari Allah turun dari langit dan menghanguskan perwira itu beserta lima puluh prajuritnya. 13 Raja mengirimkan lagi perwira ketiga beserta lima puluh prajurit. Perwira yang ketiga ini naik ke bukit dan berlutut di hadapan Elia. Dia memohon belas kasihan, “Ya nabi Allah, kami ini hamba-hambamu. Tolong biarlah saya dan kelima puluh prajurit ini hidup. 14 Saya tahu api datang dari langit dan menghanguskan dua perwira yang datang sebelum saya bersama para prajurit mereka. Tetapi tolong biarkan saya hidup.” 15 Saat itu juga malaikat berkata kepada Elia, “Pergilah bersama dia. Jangan takut.” Maka Elia berdiri dan ikut bersama perwira itu menghadap raja. 16 Kata Elia kepada Raja Ahazia, “Beginilah pesan TUHAN: Pikirmu di Israel ini tidak ada Allah, sampai-sampai kalian pergi ke Ekron mencari petunjuk dari Baal Zebub, dewa orang Filistin! Karena perbuatanmu itu, kamu tidak akan bangun lagi dari tempat tidurmu. Kamu pasti mati.” 17 Beberapa waktu kemudian, Ahazia anak Ahab pun mati, tepat seperti pesan TUHAN yang disampaikan Elia. Lalu Yoram, adiknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia karena Ahazia tidak mempunyai anak laki-laki. Ketika Yoram dinobatkan menjadi raja di Israel, Yoram anak Yosafat sudah memerintah sebagai raja Yehuda selama dua tahun. 18 Kisah selebihnya tentang Ahazia, termasuk tindakan-tindakan yang diambilnya, dicatat dalam kitab sejarah raja-raja Israel.

1 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.” 3 But Yahweh’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? 4 Now therefore Yahweh says, “You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.”’” Then Elijah departed. 5 The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?” 6 They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “Yahweh says, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”’” 7 He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?” 8 They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.” 9 Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’” 10 Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty!” Then fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. He answered him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down quickly!’” 12 Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty!” Then God’s fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, “Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty of your servants be precious in your sight. 14 Behold, fire came down from the sky and consumed the last two captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight.” 15 Yahweh’s angel said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” Then he arose and went down with him to the king. 16 He said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’” 17 So he died according to Yahweh’s word which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?